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ZECHARIAH BOHANNON, 

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The following remarks are intended to correct the 
many errors of the human family regarding Bible mys- 
tery. It seems that there is a large majority who have 
settled down with the idea that the man Joseph, called 
the Saviour, was God. Tne writer takes the liberty to 
say, after he has made a fair examination, that he differs 
from that majority. His conclusion is : Jesus was the 
true witness of the Father, as also his servant; but he 
was not God of the whole earth. 

That there has never been a visible God since the days 
of Abraham. Admitting the scriptures are true, Abra- 
ham certainly was God ; and to prove he w T as God, we 
refer to Genesis, chapter xiv., 18-19 : " And Melchize- 
dek, King of Salem, brought forth bread and wine, and 
he was the Priest of the Most High God ; and be blest 
him and said : 'blest be Abraham of the Most High God, 
possessor of heaven and earth. 5 " Verse 5 : "And he 
brought him forth abroad, and said : 'Look now towards 
heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number 
them.' And he said unto him : 'So shall thy seed be. ? 93 
Verse 6 : "And he believed in the Lord, and he count- 
ed it to him for righteousness; after which his name 
was changed to Abraham." The scriptures say the same 
Abraham had two w 7 ives ; one was a bond maid, the oth- 
er was a free woman. -Now in these two wives we can 
clearly see the foreknowledge and the w 7 isdom of God. 
The bond maid stands representing and pointing to one 
certain part of the human family, that w T ould become 
bound to the law that would after come, and servants to 
the same law. The free wife stands fairly representing 
and pointing to the other part of the human family that 
would not bow down as servants to the same law. She 



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also stands representing those that would be capable of 
knowing what way to take without being instructed by 
any law. The bond maid is representing those that 
would have .o come under tutors before they could be ca- 
pable of knowing the right way. We see the maid is 
there placed in Abraham's family as a servant ; just like 
a man's son that is born into the world ; first, he is con- 
sidered as the father's son and servant. As long as he is 
a servant he is under the tutorship of the father, but after 
he is considered capable of knowing, he goes free from 
the father; he is no longer a servant but a son. Then, 
after he becomes free from the father, he is not bound to 
obey the father. There cannot be a crime in his pursu- 
ing his own course, but as long as he was a servant, then 
to violate the father s law would be a crime. 

These ideas are more clearly conveyed in what is said 
of King David and King Solomon. David, like the bond 
maid, is described to be a servant of God, like her that is 
described to be the servant of Abraham's family, or the 
free woman, by David killing Uriah and taking his wife ; 
and being called a servant, proved he was a fallible man. 
Therefore it became necessary for him to be under tutor- 
ship of the father until the time came for him to go free ; 
just like the father's son we have already named. But 
David lived a servant of the Lord until he died. Then 
we must not take counsel from a servant, for it has been 
proven that David was a fallible being ; but Abraham 
was perfect in all his ways. But when we arrive to where 
the Lord first appeared to King Solomon, we find it quite 
different , he was not reckoned as a servant but a wise 
man; not under the tutorship of the lather at all. See 
what the Lord said to him in I. Kings, chapter iii., 8-5-9- 
12, in Gideon: "The Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream 
by night, and God said, 'Ask what I shall give thee/ 'Give, 
therefore, thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy 
great people, that I may discern between good and evil ; 
for who is able to judge this thy great people ? ' " Hear 
the answer of God : "Behold, I have done according to 
thy word: lo ! I have given thee a wise, under- 
standing heart, so that there was none like thee 



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before thee, neither shall after thee any arise 
like unto thee." Plain it is, after the Lord gave 
Solomon an understanding heart, so that he could 
do right by Israel, he was no longer under tutors ; he 
was free, not a servant like his father David ; he could 
take instructions from the Lord, or he could do other- 
wise; just like a son after he comes free from his father. 
So Solomon, for the good of Israel, thought best for them 
to be a free people. He said they had been living there 
under kings and tyranny, and under a curse of the law 
long enough, so he determined they should go free. 
Then, as there was no other way to break the covenant, 
only to violate the commandments and precepts, as God 
on his part had taken an oath, he taught Israel to wor- 
ship the images, and to break the covenant he took many 
wives, one out of the .A morites, which was particularly 
forbidden. So King Solomon violated the command- 
ments in order that the sons of Adam might become a 
free people. But the prophecies had to be fulfilled be- 
fore the scheme he made could be accomplished; though 
he and Israel violated them it was so they did not sin, for 
they had to obey their King ; and, as we have already 
stated, their King was certainly a free man. Admitting 
he had no right to violate the commandments would 
place the fault on God, for he promised Solomon to give 
him an understanding heart to discern good from evil. 

When we approach the New Testament we find it was 
exactly with the Saviour, and those who gave testimony 
for him, as it was with King David and Israel. David 
was the servant of God because he was a fallible man, 
and Israel was David's servant. As the Saviour said he 
was the root and offspring of David, that is, he was of 
that order, he was a fallible being, just like King David ; 
he was the servant of God, and he was God's true wit- 
ness, and those who gave testimony for the Saviour were 
his servants, also his witnesses. But we must not go to 
fallible man nor witnesses in order to discern how to have 
our case tried when we arrive up to the High Court 
above. Neither mu^t we go to a servant, for we have 
already proven a servant is not competent to know. If 



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we go to Jesus, the servant of God, to find out, we go to 
the servant of the freed woman, who was cast out. We 
must go to King Solomon, or Abraham, or to the freed 
woman, who would not submit to the deeds of , the law, 
whose seed would atter come. Remember, the Lord said 
he would give Solomon an understanding heart to dis- 
cern good from evil ; at any rate, it was what he asked 
for, and God said he would give him what he asked for, 
and more. Then we must not attribute to God an un- 
truth, that he did not give what he promised. 
I say he did do as he promised. But Solomon 
did not respect Bible doctrine, this thing of the 
doctrines of faith, repentance, circumcision, for all was 
found in the law ; that is, he laid the scheme for it all to 
be broken up, and it was broken up. But fools have got 
the same old matter up again, at the same time all that is 
found written in the New Testament is worth no more 
than the noise of spring frogs. 

We will now prove by the scriptures it was through 
the wisdom of Solomon the images and idols were driven 
out of the land ; referred to in I. Kings, chapter ix., 
v. 6-7 : "But if ye all turn from following me, ye or 
your children, and will not keep my commandments and 
statutes, w T hich I have set before you, but go and serve 
other gods and worship them, then will I cut off Israel 
out of the land which I have given them, and this house, 
which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of 
my sight." Notice the last quoted says to Solomon : If 
ye or your children disobey, he will pass the house out of 
his sight. So Solomon disobeyed and taught his chil- 
dren to do the same ; then it followed the old house of 
David had to be broken up, and it was well understood 
when the house of David was broken up, the images and 
idols were driven out of the land ; likewise the com- 
mandments, statutes and Bible doctrines and prophets 
were all cast out, and the world came at ease, which was 
a bruise to the serpent's head ; so we are bound to admit 
it was King Solomon that was to be counted the seed of 
the woman that bruised the serpent's head. But those 
spring frogs who have sprung up in these modern tixies, 



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like fox-tail grass, try to make out it was the Saviour, the 
servant of God, who was the seed of the woman. I say, 
they have got hold of the wrong end of the rope. 'Twas 
the son of the Virgin Mary that healed the deadly wound 
of the serpent, and those fox-tail frogs are the images of 
the former beast. Are they not for obeying the com- 
mands of God ; like unto King David, are they not build- 
ing up the same old house. 

Let us return back, in order to find how much is 
gained by obeying the Lord. After the bond maid fled 
from her mistress, she was found by the angel of God, 
who told her to return and submit herself to her mistress* 
hands ; and she obeyed God. Then, after she lived as a 
servant under her mistress more than thirteen years, then 
she and her son was cast out, and the only reward she 
received was one bottle of water. Then, as water i3 the 
reward, we reckon those frogs, when they leave, will find 
plenty of that. We are very fearful some of them will 
get in almost too deep. 

We will now go back to ancient times, in order to in- 
form the reader of a most curious circumstance that took 
place by the servant of God not understanding the 
intentions of the Father. Read II. Kings, chapter iv., 
v's.38-39-40-41 : "And Elisha came again to Gilgal, and 
there was a drought in the land, and the sons of the 
prophet were sitting before him. And he said unto his 
servant, 'set on the great pot, and see the pottage for the 
sons of the prophets/ And one went out into the field 
to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered 
thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and sheared 
them in the pot of pottage, for they knew them not. So 
they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to 
pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried 
out, "O ! thou man of God ! there is death in the pot;' 
and they could not eat thereof. But he said, 'then bring 
meal and he cast it into the pot. And he said, 'pour 
out for the people, that they may eat ;' and there was no 
harm in the pot." 

We should notice in the last quoted, it was said to the 
servant to see the pottage. From what followed, shows 



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the same did not look at the matter right. Instead of 
putting in meal, that which the Lord allows us to eat. 
he put in the fruit of the vine they knew not. 

We shall now bring to light the fruit of the wild vine. 
When we arrive up some nearer to modern times, we 
read of a similar occurrence. Head Luke, chapter xxii., 
v. 17-18-20: u And he took the cup and gave thanks, 
and said, 'Take this and divide it among yourselves, fori 
say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine 
until the Kingdom of God shall come. 5 " Likewise, also, 
the cup after supper, saying, "This cap is the New Test- 
ament, in my blood, which is shed for you." So we now 
understand the wild vine and the wild gourds. 
His body he put in w T as the wild vine — the New 
Testament was the wild gourd. Instead of put- 
ting in meal for the Gentiles to eat, that which 
was the first commandment of God for man to eat, he 
put in the wild vine and the wild gourds, after it was 
pronounced death in the pot, and after the man of God 
had said, "When christian people meet together they must 
not eat of the wild vine, but eat meal." As to myself, I 
thank you very kindly ; I do not choose any of your wild 
gourds, and if I was President of the United States, I 
would veto the seed. In order to give satisfaction to 
those who read these remarks, the w r riter informs them 
who the one called the Saviour was. He was 
the servant of the Lord ; he was his witness : he 
was also the saviour of the prophecies, just like 
a good witness saves a man's case ; for the prophets 
prophesied his coming, and by his coming saved the 
prophecies from turning out false. 

Now to prove he was the servant of God and his wit- 
ness, and not God of the whole earth, we refer to 
Isaiah, chapter xliii., v. 10-11: 44 'Ye are my wit- 
nesses,' saith the Lord, 'and my servant, whom I have 
chosen that ye may know and believe me and understand 
that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, nei- 
ther shall there be after me. I, even I, am the Lord, and 
beside me there is no Saviour.' " In order to show why 
it become necessary, after the old house of David was 



broken up, for all the prophets to be killed, we will quote 
Bevelations, chapter vi. v. 11 : "And white robes were 
given unto every one of them, and it was said to them 
that they should rest yet for a little season, until their 
fellow servants also and their brethren that should be 
killed as they were, should be fulfilled/' So we plain- 
ly see it became necessary for all the servants to be 
killed, in order that the word of God should be fulfilled. 
Then we have no right to find fault with our forefathers 
for killing the prophets. Now in this enlightened hour,, 
the man who undertakes to preach, his preaching proves 
the fact he approves of the deeds of the ser- 
vants, the former prophets once. We have proof 
enough that our forefathers indeed killed them. 
So it is those that are now preaching are build- 
ing the sepulchres of young prophets that will here- 
after be ; for it has been proven it became necessary for 
the ancient prophets to be killed. There is no difference 
in preaching and prophesying. Jonas preached to the 
Niuevites ; Isaiah says he preached. It is well understood 
our civil laws have budded out from the laws of God. 
Then we have no right to go beyond our own laws — good 
and evil belongs to the laws of God. Then no man has 
a right to try to put down evil, any farther than our law 
gives him a right. The man who invents a plan to teach 
others to do right must not do evil ; he is the one who is 
striving with the Lord. He has as much right to say to 
a woman, " Why hast thou brought forth a son ? " If 
God created man and good and evil, we must not inter- 
fere , let him do with evil as he likes, and let him do 
wih man as he likes, we should not interfere, we should 
not strive with the Lord. The world is now enlightened; 
the sons of Adam must now go free. Man is no longer 
under tutors of other men, like Israel was once under 
King David. As I have before told you, it was agreed 
on by the Lord and Solomon, that man should go free ; 
he is not now bound under no commandments or pre- 
cepts, but we have a right to put our temporal law in 
force. Again, I repeat, we must not teach oar neighbors 
to know the Lord, for all now believe in a God : but if 



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they do uot now believe in a God, if he will die, let him 
die ; if he will be cut off, let him be cut off ; fop it has well 
been tried and proved to man there is a God. After it did 
take the creator near two thousand years to prove to the 
world man could not come up to his laws, and there was 
an invisible God, and after our forefathers bowed down 
like the vegetables that bow to a tempest, they made a 
unanimous acknowledment that there was a God above 
who ruled all things. Then, after it had been so well 
proven and agreed on, now to undertake, in this era of 
the world, to prove the same thing over again, and to 
put down sin, it would be like hunting up an old case 
that had been tried under the testimony of good wit- 
nesses, and disposed of many years back. The like is 
calculated to give contempt to the judge of the high 
court in heaven, and might create fuel in the heavens 
above to destroy the earth beneath. Spring frogs, we 
repeat to you : God created man, and God created good 
and evil ; then let man and good and evil alone. You 
should not reply and say to the woman, "Why hast 
thou brought forth a son ? " We refer to Isaiah, chapter 
xlv., v. 7-9-10: "I form the light and create darkness. 
I make peace and create evil ; I, the Lord, do all these 
things. Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker ; 
woe unto him that saith unto his father, 'what begottest 
thou ? ' or to the woman, 'what hast thou brought forth?" 

Then, according to the force of the remarks made by 
the prophet, woe unto the man that says to another, 'why 
doth thou do evil V or 'why doth thou live in darkness V 
or 'why doth thou do good ?' It is well understood men 
have their detectives to prevent counterfeiting ; then in 
order to find out God's detectives, we must make our- 
selves acquainted with the patterns laid down in heaven. 
The first Adam God disapproved of, and he was driven 
out from the presence of the Lord. The first born son 
was Cain, and he was sent to the land of Nod. The next 
born was righteous. The second Adam, who was Noah, 
God approved of. When we get into Abraham's family, 
the first born son was cast out, and he went and married 
an Egyptian woman. The second born son, like Abel, 



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was righteous. When we get into Isaac's family, we 
there see the same thing. Esau, the eldest, sold hi3 
birthright, and was separated, and he went and settled in 
Judah. Jacob, who was the youngest, was righteous. 
Isaac, the youngest, obtained the promise, and Jacob, the 
youngest, obtained the blessing. But when we examine 
into the history of the Virgin Mary, the scriptures say 
Joseph knew her not until she brought forth her first- 
born son. "We mention these to show when the Lord 
makes a covenant he makes none with the first born, 
neither does he leave his laws with the first born. If 
we build upon Jesus, the first born son, we build upon 
Esau, Ishmael and Cain ; but the scriptures say we must 
come like Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. See the great con- 
trast. Adam disobeyed God. Second, Adam built the 
ark exactly after the pattern set by the Lord. Abraham 
obeyed God. When Jacob wanted to make a 
savory meat, he said to his son, "Go to the 
field and hunt me some venison. " The woman 
said to the other son, ik Go to the field and bring 
me two kids." But Jesus fed many thousands with two 
little fishes, and had basketfuls left ; besides, he fed the 
Gentiles on the wild vine and the wild gourds, which Ja- 
cob had nothing to do w T ith. Notice how particularly 
Ishmael and Esau were described. It was said Ishmael 
would be a wild man, which fills the description of the 
wild vine ; it was also said of him that his hands would 
be against every man, and every man against him, and 
he would dwell in the tents of his brethren. Just so it 
was with Jesus : he was against all the Jews, and all the 
Jews were against him, and Jesus lived with his brethren 
until he was betrayed. Esau was described to be a hairy 
man and a hunter. It was said of John the Baptist, 
his raiment was made of hair, and his meat was locust 
and wild honey. Then there w T as very little difference 
in the exterior appearance of Esau and John, for both 
wore hair. Their manner of living was of a wild nature, 
for as was said of Esau, he made his livingin the woods. 
Whether John's meat was vegetable or animal matters 
not ; it was of a wild naturejike Esau's. Put all to- 



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gether — Esau's manner of living and John's wild honey 
and locusts — and the wild vine and gourd seems to fit 
very well. But these figures are small, we will not dwell; 
the great object is to find out whether God created man 
to be a free man, or to be led and twisted about like 
so many spring frogs. Did God intend, when he created 
all things, for the children of mothers to be under tutors 
of fallible beings ; while one says "walk," another says 
"run ;" another says "take hold of me — I will carry you 
over safe." The best proof to arrive at is to examine 
the travels of Israel, which is agreed on by all to be a 
type of man's travels to a future existence. It seems 
they took a start with one Moses. They set out to go 
with him, under Bible doctrine, to a land that flowed 
with milk and honey. They traveled by faith, repent- 
ance, and under the many requirements of a law and 
commandments ; so they went on, encouraged by Moses. 
It seems they were starved for w r ater many times, and 
hungered for something to eat, bitten by poisonous ser- 
pents, for forty years ; at last they reached the river Jor- 
dan. Then and there the Lord cried out to them they 
had not obeyed his commandments, and none were al- 
lowed to cross over except Caleb and Joshua, and the 
little children, who had no knowledge of good or evil ; 
so the young ones crossed over and went on and were 
taken where their bones could not even be buried with 
the bones of their old fathers and mothers. And so they 
went on under the same Bible doctrine, until they were 
overtaken by the time of near two thousand years, till at 
last their many losses caused them to look back, when 
they saw no gain. Instead of the land flowing with milk 
and honey, it was running with human blood, carried off 
by the watery elements, mixing in with the troubled and 
restless ocean ; they saw in many places, heaps of adult 
and infant bones that had been picked and carried off* by 
beasts and fowls of the air. They saw many cities and 
costly buildings had gone to ruin ; useful animals were 
scarce to be seen ; even the dry laud, in places, had 
turned to lakes. Then it was man said his course would 
not do ; then it was he acknowledged he could not come 



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up to the laws of God. They then acknowledged they 
were beaten by the wise and great God above. They 
then saw what images and prophets had led to, when 
they gave a unanimous shout, '-Peace and good will to 
all men." 

Then it was the father returned home to the son, and 
the son returned to the father ; the beast was taken, the 
prophets were killed, the sword was laid up to rust, the 
Bible was sealed up, quietness and harmony spread over 
the lands. 

Then was fulfilled the lamb and the lion lying down 
together ; the beast was put down for many centuries of 
years. But so it has turned out when we count up to 
modern times ; we see young men forsake the counsel 
of their forefathers, and let the beast out again, and have 
become numerous and still increasing, and is now feeding 
all colors, young and old, with the wild vine and gourds, 
yea, they are taking lapfals to them, that they know not. 

We now refer the reader to Revelations, xix., 20: "And 
the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that 
wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived 
them that had received the mark of the beast, and them 
that worshiped his image ; these both were cast alive 
into a lake of lire burning with brimstone." If the 
reader will give due attention to this last quoted, he will 
be able to unravel the mystery. As we have already 
stated, Solomon's course was in order to break the cove- 
nan^ and cause Israel to become servant to the beast and 
his image ; the beast was the Kings who had the image 
up. Now when the Saviour came, by his doing many 
miracles, deceived them that had received Herod's mark, 
(which mark was circumcision) and were worshipping 
his image ; and it turned out Herod was killed for giving 
himself the glory, and the Saviour was betrayed unto 
death. My own views regarding the lake of fire, it only 
goes to show there will be no more Herods, neither any 
prophets, a final end to both and all of their kind. 

We will now show how it is so many gourd heads have 
got wrong in reading Solomon's acts. The scriptures 
say he displeased God, and loved many women, and he 



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tarried his back on God — which he did, that was regard- 
ing the law and commandments, he did displease God, 
and for the good of Israel he loved many women, but for 
his own affections he never loved but one, he could not, 
that would be contrary to the laws of nature. Though 
Solomon displeased the Lord in violating his command- 
ments, how much more did his grace and love abound 
when considering the good and great benefit it turned 
out to Israel — not only to Israel, but the whole earth. 
Admitting he had done like his father, David, he would 
have been ensnared like Israel was by Moses and the com- 
mandments, and the world would have remained in dark- 
ness, and Israel would have remained there under the 
curse of the law. The fact is. the commandments and 
images were put there to break the covenant, when the 
time came for Israel to go free. See what was said of 
Esau : "It was said of him the time w r ould come when he 
would shake the yoke off." The covenant the Lord first 
made with Solomon rested entirely on the 
benefit, the good of Israel. But when the Lord appeared 
to him the second time, he then said if he disobeyed his 
commands and precepts, after his death he would rend 
the kingdom out of the hands of his son, all but one 
tribe of Judah, and give them up to Jeroboam. We will 
now show how it w^as that Israel fell into the hatids of 
the beast after Solomon died. As the Lord had said, the 
kingdom was rent, and all fell into the hands V\, 
boam, all but one tribe of Judah, which was left w * vere 
offlon's son, Rehoboam, which was the only tribe that 
followed the house of David ; referred to in I. Kings, 
chapter xii., v. 20. Then, atter Israel rebelled against 
the house of David, Rehoboam raised a large army to 
bring the kingdom back to Kehoboam, but the Lord in- 
terfered ; referred to in verse 24 : "Thus saith the Lord, 
4 Ye shall not #o up nor fight against your brethren, 
the children of Israel ; return every man to his 
house, for this thing is for me.'" The reader 
can see in the same chapter and chapter xii., 
Jeroboam taught Israel to worship and burn incense un- 
der the image, like Solomon did. These matters, as un- 



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derstood by King Solomon and King Jeroboam, by their 
Lord, can be read in Revelations, chapter xvii, v. 17 : 
"For God had put it in their hearts to fulfill his will, and 
to agree and give their kingdom unto the beast until the 
words of God shall be fulfilled.*' And then when were the 
words of God to be fulfilled ? Read where we have 
quoted, Revelations, chapter vi., 11 ; when and after all 
the fellow servants were killed ; but before thev were 
killed, the scriptures say great power was given to the 
beast to kill and deceive. Read chapter xiii : And he 
doth great wonders, so that he maketh fire to come down 
from heaven on the earth, in the sight of man, and de- 
ceive them that dwell on the earth by the means of these 
miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the 
beast. Now we ask the particular attention of the reader, 
to notice, after the Lord, through Solomon, caused Israel 
to rebel, there was but one tribe of Israel left that follow- 
ed the house of David. Then, in order to give strength 
to the weak side, to keep the king in his throne that was 
over the tribe that followed the house of David, until the 
word of God was fulfilled, which was the killing of the 
beast and servants, the Lord allowed them to have 
prophets that had power to do miracles, to kill and de- 
ceive Israel that had rebelled, which was much the 
strongest side. By reading the 1st Kings, the reader can 
plainly see, after Solomon's death, Elijah came. The 
'jl^ ; ng he did, he made fire come down, as was said by 
riant, ^lator, John, and did kill more than two-and-fifty 
of Israel who had rebelled against the house of David, 
as we have stated, to alarm Israel, in order to keep the 
King on his throne, who was over the weak side, until 
the prophecies were fulfilled ; so the men of God, as 
they were called, were allowed to perform miracles 
throughout. Elisha raised the dead, opened 
the eyes of the blind, he made iron float on 
water. Read 2d Kings, commonly called 4th 
book of Kings, chapter 1st, 10-12; chapter 
iv., 34 ; chapter vi., 6-7. Then after the Saviour came, 
as Moab and Israel had said, Elijah and Elisha do the 
like miracles, and it became necessary for Herod and the 



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Jews to see as much done by the Saviour, so he walked 
on the water, caused the blind to see, raised the dead, 
and other miracles. Now when we arrive up near to the 
time when these remarkable events had to pass off to 
oblivion, the scriptures then say the beast and the proph- 
et that wrought miracles before him, was cast into a lake 
of fire, which we have already quoted. Then it follows 
that there should not be any more beasts nor prophets. 
We are bouud to admit the Saviour was one of the 
prophets that wrought miracles for the beast. All and 
every circumstance goes to prove the creator classed off 
& part of the human family to be numbered w r ith the 
beast, in order to prove there was an invisible 
God. We will now correct a small error; we 
stated the first miracle Elijah done, he made 
fire come down from heaven. To the best 
of our recollection, first he caused a drought. We 
must notice the scriptures do not say power was given to 
any to do those miracles but the beast, still those gourd- 
heads will go and try to make out one of those beings 
God of the whole earth, after Isaiah particularly says the 
Saviour was the Lord's witness and servant, and there 
was no Saviour but God. See how they do ; they go to 
the Saviour's servant, St. John, to prove he was God of 
the whole earth, after they had read the servant of the 
man of God had made a mistake, and gave the men to 
eat wild gourds instead of meal. 

I now say to all such, like the Lord said to Elijah of 
old, after he said there would be no dew nor rain only 
according to his word, get ye hence and hide yourselves 
by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan, and there 
eat the fragrance of carcasses and bread that may be 
brought to you by ravens, and there do you remain, and 
•like a beast, drink of the brook until the brook dries up. 
Now, God ! drive those frogs out of the land that are 
now chastening the world with scorpions, and let every 
man that is reconciled to his fireside on the Sabbath 
day, while on earth, be judged by the creator of all 
things, and not by men. 

Written in the vear 1870, by 

ZECIIAKIA.il BOHANNOK 



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